it looks like a two pieces flamed koa body, roasted maple neck and fingerboard, two point bridge with vintage saddles (it could be a gotoh unit similar to the one on the vintage modern signature model)

Yeah, agreed. Koa with a Roasted Maple neck. The bridge does look like a Gotoh 510, with bent steel saddles. All in all, it's not significantly different to his Suhr guitars. I'm surprised that there's no Blower-Switch present, but I imagine that this is just a prototype. I'm expecting to see a production signature model unveiled at NAMM Jan 20013, perhaps with the Fender equivalent of the Blower-Switch, the Passing-Lane switch present.

The pickups don't look like Duncans or DiMarzios... Be interesting to find out what they are.

In my opinion, it's surprising because I believe he was always looking for that one guitar that could produce a multitude of different tonal qualities.

You can see him on Youtube in the early days doing multiple things on his PRS....then the same with Suhr. Now, with Charvel they're going to have to step up their R&D a ton to keep up with Guthrie. This might be a good thing for Charvel but if their guitars are not up to par, you'll definitely hear the difference in the live gigs. _________________GG #9610
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I've already formed the opinion that the charvel he has played so far has too much warmth, too muddy, and not cutting enough.

Edit: About the Rasmus, the fact that they will be available in the future is great, but the fact that the signature will disappear urges me to hurry and buy one now even though I can barely afford it at this point.

argh anyway I'll probably end up waiting until I have plenty finances to buy it. It's only a signature, I just keep having to tell myself that, only a signature, A SIGNATURE OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE GUITARIST D: agh it will be fine, who knows it might be cheaper in the future too.

I don't think that Guthrie's Charvel is any less a guitar than his Suhr.I 'd like to think that all the great brands custom shop builders are at the same level.As for the sound i generally think that the maple neck/board isn't clicking with Guthrie.I would love to see him with a more high end mahogany based carve top like Myka, Artinger, Hartung through his MK 50.

You are probably right in general. It's all a matter of taste, we can all only give our own opinion.

I preferred the cutting presence of the Suhrs. To be honest the Koa body probably has much better bass and warmth, but like I said, it's all a matter of taste, and I had grown very fond of his mahogany vibes. Other people may well prefer the more even sound of the Koa